NASA mourns the demise of Star Trek's Spock aka Leonard Nimoy

Feb 28, 2015

Washington: NASA is mourning the demise of Hollywood actor Leonard Nimoy, most famous for his role as Vulcan science officer Spock in the famous film Star Trek.The sci-fi classic served as an inspiration for many at NASA over the years, and Nimoy joined other cast members at special NASA events and worked to promote NASA missions.Nimoy was there for the 1976 rollout of the shuttle Enterprise, named for the show's iconic spacecraft."Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers. As Mr. Spock, he made science and tec...